Notes:

My Uncle Richard was a most creative soul. He was an actor, playwright, and author throughout his adulthood. He began his love in the drama field as a young child when his mother would take him around to perform in minstrel shows. She would play the piano and he would sing and dance.

He later went to acting school and was considered their most promising student. He was once the lead in a Broadway play but otherwise had less prominent parts. He also wrote screenplays that were considered by major Actors at the time. He many fascinating, successful actresses and actors as friends. He was the kind of Uncle we would all brag about.

He married his childhood friend, Betty Scheibert. They were an exemplary couple whose love seemed to grow stronger through the years. They lived in New York City for most of their adult lives. Betty was a graphic artist for industrial applications. She had had polio as a child. It left her crippled. It didn't stop her from doing anything. Uncle Richard told me often about the time she climbed up a cliff at Highbanks, a park here in Columbus when they were both going to Ohio State University. He was so proud of her. They had a daughter, Jennifer, who became a famous photographer for the March of Dimes. She had the honor of photographing two of our American President's families in the Whitehouse in her career.

Uncle Richard was a sensitive soul called into service in the Korean War. He had many after-effects from that service that took him years to heal from. He was a profuse writer to his wife, Betty. He believed these letters were the basis for the long-running T.V. show called "Mash". His silhouette was captured by a photographer in the doorway of a hut in this war that was used by the AP press and published in many national papers.

He used this photo as the front cover of an autobiography he published about him and his wife, their families, and the town they grew up in. It's called "The Unidentified Soldier in the USO Poster". It can be purchased at Xlibris.com.

Richard married Elizabeth (Betty) Louise SCHEIBERT on 2 Sep 1950 in Franklin, Ohio, USA. Elizabeth was born on 31 Jul 1926 in Middletown, Butler County, Ohio, United States of America; died on 13 Mar 2004 in Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, United States of America; was buried on 5 Jun 2004 in Woodside Cemetery, Middletown, Butler, OH, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joseph SCHULZ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]